Phillips Gybbon
Phillips Gybbon (11 October 1678 – 12 March 1762), of Hole Park, Rolvenden, in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament.
Gybbon entered Parliament in 1707 as Whig member for Rye, and represented the constituency until his death 55 years later, eventually becoming Father of the House of Commons from 1749. Early in his career he was appointed a Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland, and in the 1720s was Chairman of the Committee of Privileges and Elections. From 1726 to 1730, he was Surveyor-General of Land Revenues.
For the next few years he was in opposition, supporting Pulteney against Robert Walpole's administration. On Walpole's fall in 1742, Gybbon was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in Wilmington's government, retaining the post after Henry Pelham replaced Wilmington in 1743 but losing office in the reshuffle after Carteret was sacked at the end of 1744.
References
- Robert Beatson (1807). A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, from the union in 1708, to the third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807. printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme [by J. Chalmers & Co.]
- Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790, London: HMSO, 1964)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Philip Herbert Edward Southwell |
Member of Parliament for Rye 1707–1762 With: Edward Southwell 1707–1708 Admiral Sir John Norris 1708–1722 The Lord Aylmer 1722–1727 John Norris 1727–1733 Matthew Norris 1733–1734 Admiral Sir John Norris 1734–1749 Thomas Pelham 1749–1754 George Onslow 1754–1761 Captain John Bentinck 1761–1762 |
Succeeded by John Norris Captain John Bentinck |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Shuttleworth |
Father of the House 1749–1762 |
Succeeded by Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet |
